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New Street Hostel 127 - 159 New Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2QZ

22/03111/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 13 October 2022

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Addition of EWI rendering to solid wall constructed parts of the building, these are linked via covered walkway access to central building which is of an insulated cavity construction.

Received
8 July 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Abbey
Agent
Aran Insulation Limited
  1. Received8 Jul
  2. Validated10 Aug
  3. Consult.2 Sep
  4. Target5 Oct
  5. Decided13 Oct

Decided in 64 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at New Street Hostel 127 - 159 New Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2QZ. Cambridge has handled 1,534 applications of this type. This one was decided in 97 days, 7 weeks longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 131 applications across Abbey. We hold 1,406 applications in total for the CB1 postcode area.

90% of full applications at Cambridge City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CB1 2QZ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 August 2022
Consultation expiry
2 September 2022
Consultation start
11 August 2022
Consultation end
2 September 2022
Neighbour consultation end
2 September 2022
Last date for comments
2 September 2022
Target decision date
5 October 2022
Permission expires
13 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Aran Insulation Limited
Agent address
Unit 1-6 The Old Station Higham Bury St Edmunds IP28 6NE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

3317151
Allowed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 27 July 2023Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
19
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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